Atwood, Rushdie among Booker Prize finalists

This combination photo shows author Margaret Atwood at 2018 Equality Now’s “Make Equality Reality” gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2018, left, and author Salman Rushdie at the 68th National Book Awards Ceremony in New York on Nov. 15, 2017. Atwood’s “The Testaments,” her highly anticipated sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and Rushdie’s “Quichotte,” a modern telling of “Don Quixote,” are among six works shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. This year’s winner will be announced October 14 during a ceremony in London. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments,” her highly anticipated sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” is among six works shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.